Traditionally in the public realm, architectural firms design buildings, send them to contractors for bidding, and monitor the construction by the lowest bidding, responsive, and responsible contractor. Other methods explore solutions to specifically work with time or budget constraints, provide additional supervision, or work with different funding sources. For example, we can work with your board to outline a Guaranteed Energy Savings project and then bid it to several GES companies. The companies win the job by proposing the least expensive solution. We can also provide additional on-site construction observation by our own staff, without the need for a full-time construction manager. In these ways, Barton-Coe-Vilamaa maximizes value for our clients.

